Bethlehem Woman Hit While Crossing Street Police

Lucia Pinheiro of 816 Laufer St., Bethlehem, was struck Thursday in the 100 block of 3rd Street, Bethlehem, by a car operated by David Sielewicz of Slingerland, N.Y.

Police said Pinheiro was taken to St. Luke's Hospital with seven broken ribs and a possible spinal injury. She was admitted to the intensive care unit in serious condition.

Sielewicz told police he was eastbound on 3rd Street and saw a woman walking briskly across the street. He said that, as she got to the double yellow lines, he thought she would stop. He told police she continued walking and that, as he applied his brakes, the right front of his car struck the woman, knocking her down.

A witness told police he saw the woman dart into traffic.

She was charged with failure to cross at a crosswalk. She told police she did not remember anything about the accident.